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Shug McGaughey is as Kentucky as blue grass. Every spring when the new crop of 2-year-olds comes into his barn, the veteran trainer said, he looks them over and wonders if one of them will be the one to fulfill his lifelong dream to win the Kentucky Derby.

He might have found that horse in Orb, who galloped to an easy 2 3/4-length triumph in the $1 million Florida Derby Saturday at Gulfstream to establish himself as one of the favorites for the Run for the Roses on May 4.

Orb didn't look like a potential Derby horse when he came to Gulfstream this season. He had only a maiden win in four starts as a 2-year-old. But after making the Florida Derby his third straight win at...

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